EDDIE CONSTANTINE - Lot 63

EDDIE CONSTANTINE Various films (Lemmy Caution), ca. 1950 Film photography. 13 vintage silver prints, some captioned (labels) on some spines 24 x 18 cm approx. each Note: Set of promotional photographs related to films featuring Eddie Constantine in the iconic role of Lemmy Caution, a central character in French-American crime films of the 1950s. These prints, intended for the press or film promotion, reflect the aesthetics of film noir and post-war popular cinema. The captioned labels on the backs of some prints reinforce their documentary interest by specifying the context in which they were released or exhibited. The vintage film stills, preserved in coherent sets, are of interest to collectors of cinema, advertising iconography and twentieth-century visual culture.